DICALYX COCHINCHINENSIS 149 



vel plus minus rubiginosa ; petioli + 1 cm. long. Panicula circa 

 5 cm. long. Bracteae 2-4 mm. long. Calyx 2 mm. long. Bacca 

 sicca 6 mm. long., summum 4 mm. lat. 



Affinity with S. floridissima Brand ; differing from it, inter 

 alia, in foliage, the densely tomentose panicles and nearly sessile 

 flowers. 



V. AsCLEPlADACEiE DUJE AfRICAN^C PR^TERVIS^. 



Schizoglossum Eylesii, sp. nov. Caule ultrametrali simplici 

 e radice tuberoso-fusiformi stricto inferne nudo alibi sat crebro 

 folioso inferne tereti eximieque striate glabrescente superne sub- 

 tiliter pubescente, foliis sessilibus brevissimeve petiolatis anguste 

 linearibus acutis margine revolutis praesertim in pag. inf. costa 

 centrali eminente subtiliter pubescentibus in sicco arrectis, um- 

 bellis pluribus lateralibus sessilibus 5-6-fioris, bracteis parvulis 

 linearibus extus pubescentibus scariosis diutule persistentibus, 

 pedicellis floribus subaequilongis pubescentibus, calycis segmentis 

 lanceolatis acutis corolla brevioribus, corollas alte partitas lobis 

 oblongis obtusis dorso sparsim pubescentibus intusglabris, coronse 

 phyllis aegre ex basi columnae stamineae certe brevioris oriundis 

 scutiformibus apice rotundatis intus perspicue bicarinatis et 

 paullulum infra apicem appendicem lanceolatam superne incurvam 

 sibi ipsis pauUo breviorem gignentibus, antherarum alis promi- 

 nentibus appendicibus ovatis supra stigma inflexis. 



Hab. Ehodesia, Mazoe, alt. 4800 ft. ; F. Eyles, 500. 



Eadicis pars tuberosa 4 cm. long., summum 1 cm. diam. Caulis 

 circa 12 dm. alt., juxta basin 2-5 mm. diam. Folia inferiora 

 + 7"5 cm. long., 1-2 mm. lat. ; petioli dum adsint 1 mm. long. ; 

 folia juniora gradatim imminuta, sc. usque ad 15 x "5 mm. vel 

 etiam minus, omnia in sicco grisea. Bracteae circa 1"5 mm., 

 pedicelli summum 5 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 2-2 mm. long. 

 Corollas lobi 3 mm. long., 1 mm. lat. Coronas phylla 3 mm. long. ; 

 pars basalis 1-75 x 1-25 mm. ; appendix 1-25 mm. long. Columna 

 staminea 1*5 mm. long. Antherarum alas aegre 1 mm. long., 

 appendices '8 mm. Pollinia anguste oblonga, "6 mm. long. ; 

 glandula -25 mm., caudiculae -2 mm. long. 



This has much the appearance of S. strictissitmim S. Moore, 

 but different flowers. Its place in the genus is next *S'. fusco- 

 purpureum Schlechter & Eendle, which differs in habit, leaf, and 

 corona. 



Fockea Monroi, sp. nov. Caule verisimiliter repente primo 

 tereti subtiliter pubescente deinde angulato glabro, foliis oblongis 

 vel anguste oblongo-lanceolatis apice obtusissimis ipso mucro- 

 natis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis firme membranaceis 

 leviter scabriusculis, cymis interpetiolaribus abbreviatis pauci- 

 floris, bracteis rainutis ovatis acutis scariosis ut cymarum axis 

 pedicelli calycis segmenta necnon corollas facies exterior pubes- 

 centibus, pedicellis calyci aequilongis, calycis segmentis triangu- 

 laribus obtusis vel obtuse acutis, corollas tubo calyce breviore lobis 

 a basi lata oblongis revolutis asstivatione tortis, corona circa 

 15-fida dentibus subulatis interdum bifidis acuminatis dente inter- 



